Jane Arraf

Stability has been a concern here, but there is nothing to indicate any instability -- certainly there has been political read more

Stability has been a concern here, but there is nothing to indicate any instability -- certainly there has been political chaos.

It's history being made. More than that, I don't think you can send 140,000 soldiers out there, young guys from read more

It's history being made. More than that, I don't think you can send 140,000 soldiers out there, young guys from Kansas and Alabama and all over the place, and not take some of the same risks that you're asking them to take.

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily read more

Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,

I think that the real emotion is one of great pride,

I think that the real emotion is one of great pride,

It's one of the things that the Marines and the Army feel they're lacking right now, particularly the Marines, which read more

It's one of the things that the Marines and the Army feel they're lacking right now, particularly the Marines, which have very few women in those roles.